Definitions for Fate
feɪtfate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. destiny, fatenoun

   an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

2. destiny, fatenoun

   the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)

   "we are helpless in the face of destiny"

3. fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portionverb

   your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

   "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"

4. destine, fate, doom, designateverb

   decree or designate beforehand

   "She was destined to become a great pianist"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. fatenoun

   The cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.

2. fatenoun

   The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.

3. fatenoun

   Destiny (perhaps connotes death, ruin, misfortune, etc.).

   Accept your fate.

4. fatenoun

   The three goddesses (The Fates) of classic European mythology who are said to control the fate of human beings.

5. fateverb

   To foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.

   The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father, not all his striving could change what would occur.

6. Fatenoun

   Any one of the Fates.

7. Fatenoun

   A personification of fate (the cause that predetermines events).

8. Etymology: From fata 'prediction' (neutral plural of fatum), fatus 'spoken', fari 'to speak'.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FATEnoun

   Etymology: fatum, Latin.

   1. Destiny; an eternal series of successive causes.

   Necessity or chance
   Approach not me; and what I will is fate. John Milton.

   There is a necessity in fate
   Why still the brave bold man is fortunate. Dryden.

   You must obey me soon or late;
   Why will you vainly struggle with your fate! Dryden.

   When empire in its childhood first appears,
   A watchful fate o’ersees its rising years. Dryden.

   Random chance, or wilful fate,
   Guides the shaft from Cupid’s bow. Ambrose Philips.

   2. Event predetermined.

   Tell me what fates attend the duke of Suffolk?
   By water shall he die, and take his end. William Shakespeare.

   3. Death; destruction.

   Viewing a neighbouring hill, whose top of late
   A chapel crown’d, ’till in the common fate
   Th’ adjoining abbey fell. John Denham.

   Looking, he feeds alone his famish’d eyes;
   Feeds ling’ring death, but looking not he dies;
   Yet still he chose the longest way to fate,
   Wasting at once his life and his estate. Dryden.

   Courage uncertain dangers may abate;
   But who can bear th’ approach of certain fate! Dryden.

   The whizzing arrow sings,
   And bears thy fate, Antinous, on its wings. Alexander Pope.

   4. Cause of death.

   With full force his deadly bow he bent,
   And feather’d fates among the mules and sumpters sent. Dry.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fate

   Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin fatum "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fate

   Fate is the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. It is the predetermination or inevitable outcome of certain events or circumstances in life, often used in the context of unavoidable destiny or doom.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Fatenoun

   a fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned

2. Fatenoun

   appointed lot; allotted life; arranged or predetermined event; destiny; especially, the final lot; doom; ruin; death

3. Fatenoun

   the element of chance in the affairs of life; the unforeseen and unestimated conitions considered as a force shaping events; fortune; esp., opposing circumstances against which it is useless to struggle; as, fate was, or the fates were, against him

4. Fatenoun

   the three goddesses, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, sometimes called the Destinies, or Parcaewho were supposed to determine the course of human life. They are represented, one as holding the distaff, a second as spinning, and the third as cutting off the thread

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FATE

   FATE, Fantastic Adventures in Tabletop Entertainment, is a generic role-playing game system based on the FUDGE gaming system. It has no fixed setting, traits, or genre and is almost entirely customizable. It is designed to offer the least possible obstruction to role-playing by assuming that players do not want to make large amounts of dice rolls. FATE was written by Fred Hicks and Rob Donoghue. FATE gained a large number of adherents both for its high level of support, which is unusual for a free game, and for the numerous innovative gaming mechanics.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fate

   fāt, n. inevitable destiny or necessity: appointed lot: ill-fortune: doom: final issue: (pl.) the three goddesses of fate, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who determined the birth, life, and death of men—the Fatal Sisters.—adj. Fāt′al, belonging to or appointed by fate: causing ruin or death: mortal: calamitous.—ns. Fāt′alism, the doctrine that all events are subject to fate, and happen by unavoidable necessity; Fāt′alist, one who believes in fatalism.—adj. Fāt′alistic, belonging to or partaking of fatalism.—n. Fatal′ity, the state of being fatal or unavoidable: the decree of fate: fixed tendency to disaster or death: mortality: a fatal occurrence.—adv. Fāt′ally.—adjs. Fāt′ed, doomed: destined: (Shak.) invested with the power of destiny: (Dryden) enchanted; Fate′ful, charged with fate.—adv. Fate′fully.—n. Fate′fulness. [L. fatum, a prediction—fatus, spoken—fāri, to speak.]

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1. fate

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2. FATE

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3. Fate

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FATE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fate is ranked #23647 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Fate surname appeared 1,072 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fate.
   
   74.4% or 798 total occurrences were White.
   21.8% or 234 total occurrences were Black.
   1.5% or 17 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.4% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Fate' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4106

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Fate' in Nouns Frequency: #1661

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Anagrams for Fate »

1. feat

2. feat.

3. feta

4. EFTA

5. TAFE

6. atef

How to pronounce Fate?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Fate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Fate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Fate in a Sentence

1. Euripides:

   I have found power in the mysteries of thought, exaltation in the changing of the Muses I have been versed in the reasonings of men but Fate is stronger than anything I have known.

2. Marcus Weaver:

   It just brings it all back, the hurt. It's not even healthy for us to read that book, what's it going to do for a victim, a survivor to read that book? ... The jury is going to decide his fate. His mom can't decide it.

3. Narsha Bulgakbaev:

   A dream is an empty imagination, a goal is an empty will, the best thing is that today is better than yesterday, and you are on the path of eternal spiritual development. In order not to blame others later, fate, God, life, dreams and goals must be believable and realistic.

4. Ashraf Ghani:

   Our future can not be decided outside, whether in the capital cities of our friends or neighbors. The fate of Afghanistan will be decided here in Afghanistan.

5. Raneshwar Sing Kishan:

   The fate and future of social media news channel is in deep darkness the way the atrocity has increased of Govt and the manner in which free journalists are being framed in false charges. Mainstream media is enjoying bootlicking.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Fate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Fate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Fate
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Fate
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Fate
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Fate